PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED TYPES OF AMERICAN ACACIA SPECIES FROM THE TORINO HERBARIUM (TO)

• Published in: Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 713 - 742
• Main Authors: Seigler, David, Guglielmone, Laura, Ebinger, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10-12-2013
• Subjects: Botanical gardens; Botany; Genera; Herbaria; Herbs; Lectotypes; Plant names; Plants; Specimens; SYSTEMATICS; Taxa
• ISSN: 1934-5259

Investigation of specimens for plants either native to or adventive in the New World and originally described as Acacia species, or later transferred to that genus, at the Herbarium Universitatis Taurinensis resulted in the location of previously unrecognized type materials for Acacia adenanthera, A. alba, A. angico, A. bancroftiana, A. brasiliensis, A. compta, A. lasiopus, A. mollicoma, A. myriophylla, A. plumosa, A. pterocarpa, A. ramosissima, A. rubiginosa, A. spini, and A. velutina. For Acacia spini Balb. ex de Spin, a neotype has been designated. Investigaciones de especimenes de plantas tanto nativas como adventicias en el Nuevo Mundo y descrita originalmente como especies Acacia, o transferidas posteriormente a ese género, del Herbarium Universitatis Taurinensis resultaron estar en lugares de material tipo no reconocidas peviamente de Acacia adenanthera, A. alba, A. angico, A. bancroftiana, A. brasiliensis, A. compta, A. lasiopus, A. mollicoma, A. myriophylla, A. plumosa, A. pterocarpa, A. ramosissima, A. rubiginosa, A. spini, y A. velutina. Para Acacia spini Balb. ex de Spin, se ha designado un neotipo.